GlobalFoundries has released additional details about its upcoming 7nm process, including when it expects to introduce EUV and other critical upgrades. The next few years are going to be very interesting in the foundry world.

Qualcomm expects to be the first major Samsung customer with 10nm hardware shipping out the door in 2017. Will beating Apple and other vendors to the new node give the company a leg up in overall performance?

Multiple high-profile Intel executives have left the company recently, but shuffling executives won’t fix the strategic problems Intel faces. Its data center business is strong, but IoT and mobile growth is limited.

TSMC may have lost ground to Samsung in 2015, but the company is determined to gain it back. The firm wants to have leaped to 5nm by 2020 — a challenging pace given the headwinds in the semiconductor industry.

New reports suggest AMD will tap Samsung and GF for more of its manufacturing this cycle than in previous years. The move could help it fulfill its wafer supply agreements to GF and consolidate manufacturing.

TSMC has reportedly begun shipping Apple 20nm chips in volume, setting the stage for an introduction and launch later this year. The iPhone 6 will be the first 20nm SoC on the market — will Apple use that advantage to extend its lead over its rivals?

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